You can find some boldness and fire amid all the meditative prettiness of MiHo Izakaya.
Patrick Alan Coleman
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Little Red Bike Cafe is Closing
Posted this Monday on the Little Red Bike Cafe blog: This is a public service announcement to remind y’all that pending some sort of last minute miracle, we’re down to the final month in this chapter of the LRBC saga. Given the impending closure, we will likely be forced to close the kitchen about a […]
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The PDX-Bound Pot Smoking Franks, Reviewed
Remember last week (I barely do) when I told you about the NYT breaking the news It-chefs Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinell would be opening a venture in Portland? Well, the indomitable Sam Sifton, restaurant critic for the Times (and a hero of mine), reviews the two Franks latest venture Prime Meats in tomorrow’s dining […]
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Open Kitchens: Hot or Awkward?
Le Pigeon’s Up Front Kitchen It seems Portland restaurateurs can’t resist moving their kitchens towards the front of the house. In some cases, this means a simple window opened upon the frenetic staff slaving away for your dinner. In other cases it means a front row seat at a kitchen bar or chef’s table, face […]
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Monday Crumbs
We Lose (and Win)! Our nefarious plan worked! All of the taunting caused Asheville, NC, beer-lovers to hit the Interwebs in full force and win the coveted (I suppose) title of “Beer City, USA”. So, congratulations to them… And good luck with the eventual hordes of drunken sots in those six breweries of yours. We’ll […]
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Portland, OR.: Beer City, USA
People seem to be pretty worked up about making sure Portland beats Asheville, NC, for “Beer City, USA” in this poll. Normally I wouldn’t be concerned about something from the Examiner. But Asheville, NC? We’ve got to take them down. We’ve got more “beer city” in the backwash at the bottom of our pint glasses […]
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Goodbye, Bloke
For the last year or so, the view off the port side of my old faithful eMac has been the proud profile of one Matt Davis. Over the months I’ve watched him work—barking bold questions into his telephone, cursing, pounding away at his keyboard, and eating incredibly offensive lunches involving smelly fish. The man is […]
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This Week’s Mercury Food Section: Rethinking the Rice Filled Burrito
a random intenet burrito We take a peek into Los Gorditos’ new brick and mortar joint in the current Last Supper and find the menu beyond the burritos to be quite tasty. But I want to talk about those burritos for a second. In fact, I’d like to address Portland burritos in general. I enjoy […]
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Tantalizing Taquería
Los Gorditos Goes Indoors
Not only a truck any more, Los Gorditos expands their menu in a brick and mortar taquería.
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Two Frank Stoner NY Chefs Coming to PDX?
The New York Times writes today that chefs are using marijuana. To which I say, “No-to-the-fucking-shit.” The article rests heavily on quotes from Anthony Bourdain who suggests many modern culinary concepts come from cannabis sucking kitchen staff: the weird hot dog, foie poutine, and other various and sundry fatty grubbing oddities. They’re calling it “Haute […]
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Sunday Night Pig Fight
It seems we’ve already found a theme for the week: Heritage Pig Breeds and the People Who Love Them. The Willamette Week‘s Kelly Clark has the scoop on a bizarre altercation that took place last Sunday night after the hoity-toity pig throwdown Cochon 555, leading to the arrest of chef Eric Bechard and Cochon 555 […]
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Save a Sheep Pig! Eat a Sheep Pig!
How do you save a bizarre rare breed of pig once in danger of disappearing? Apparently, you eat it. No shit. It’s a sheep pig. Such is the strange case of the sheep pig (a.k.a. Mangelica), a wooly porker once favored by Hungarians for their deliciousness and ability to thrive in cooler climates. Problem is, […]